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  2. Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement ...

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    The metric ton is the name used for the tonne (1000 kg, 2 204.622 62 lb), which is about 1.6% less than the long ton. The US customary system also includes the kip, equivalent to 1,000 pounds of force, which is also occasionally used as a unit of weight of 1,000 pounds (usually in engineering contexts).

  3. Metrication in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Water bottles for personal use can have their capacity measured in fluid ounces or liters. For ounces, the measurements are typically in multiples of 8, for example 32 fl oz and 40 fl oz, which correspond closely to common metric variants including 1 liter and 1.2 liters. Rainfall is usually measured based on the height from the ground in ...

  4. Fluid ounce - Wikipedia

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    the volume of 1.0431756 avoirdupois ounces of water US food labeling fluid ounce For serving sizes on nutrition labels in the US, regulation 21 CFR §101.9(b) requires the use of "common household measures", and 21 CFR §101.9(b)(5)(viii) defines a "common household" fluid ounce as exactly 30 milliliters.

  5. Metric Act of 1866 - Wikipedia

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    Number of Liters: Cubic Measures: Dry Measures: Liquid Measures: Kiloliter: 1,000 liters: 1 cubic meter: 1.308 cubic yards: 264.17 gallons Stère-1 cubic meter-- Hectoliter: 100 liters: 1 ⁄ 10 cubic meter: 2 bushels & 3.35 pecks: 26.417 gallons Dekaliter: 10 liters: 10 cubic decimeters: 9.08 dry quarts: 2.6417 gallons Liter: 1 liter: 1 cubic ...

  6. United States customary units - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. government passed the Metric Conversion Act of 1975, ... 1 ⁄ 2, and 8 fluid ounces respectively. ... (35.2391 liters). The mass of grain will therefore ...

  7. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    ‡ In Canada, a cup was historically 8 imperial fluid ounces (227 mL) but could also refer to 10 imperial fl oz (284 mL), as in Britain, and even a metric cup of 250 mL. Serving sizes on nutrition labelling on food packages in Canada employ the metric cup of 250 mL, with nutrition labelling in the US using a cup of 240 mL, based on the US ...

  8. System of units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The obsolete troy pound was divided into 12 ounces, rather than the 16 ounces per pound of the avoirdupois system. The apothecaries' system was traditionally used in pharmacology, but has now been replaced by the metric system; it shared the same pound and ounce as the troy system but with different further subdivisions.

  9. Gallon - Wikipedia

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    A US liquid gallon contains about 3.7854 kilograms (8.3454 lb) of water at 3.98 °C (39.16 °F), and is 83.26742% of an imperial gallon. There are four quarts in a gallon, two pints in a quart and 16 US fluid ounces in a US pint, making the US fluid ounce ⁠ 1 / 128 ⁠ of a US gallon.